Zimmer Discusses OkCupid Data Release and Ethics of Big Data Research

May 31, 2016Newsinternet research ethics, privacy, research data

A group of Danish researchers, led by Aarhus University graduate student Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, recently publicly released a dataset of nearly 70,000 users of the online dating site OkCupid, including usernames, age, gender, location, what kind of relationship (or sex) they’re… Read More

Zimmer joins NISO-RDA Working Group on Privacy Implications of Research Data Sets

February 11, 2016Newsprivacy, research data

CIPR Director Michael Zimmer has been named a co-chair of the RDA/NISO Privacy Implications of Research Data Sets Working Group, a joint NISO and Research Data Alliance project, focusing on the privacy implications of shared research data. Zimmer will be joining Todd Carpenter (NISO) and Bonnie Tijerina as co-chairs leading… Read More

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Zimmer Discusses OkCupid Data Release and Ethics of Big Data Research

Zimmer joins NISO-RDA Working Group on Privacy Implications of Research Data Sets